Tropics: The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a disturbance about 700 miles northeast of the Leeward Islands, for now giving it a low chance of developing.

Tropical Storm Nadine, in existence since Sept. 11 - save for a two-day break on Sept. 21-22, when it lost tropical characteristics - continues to swirl around in the Atlantic. The hurricane center predicts it will linger into early next week.

On Tuesday, the system was about 545 miles southwest of the Azores, crawling south at 5 mph with sustained winds of 50 mph. It is forecast to curve north over the next five days.